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ELAINE KOYAMA WRITES

Elaine Koyama Writes

Category: Creative Writing

It Happened One Night

Posted on April 25, 2018April 17, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Ruth Conn: The night that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon….The whole family went for icecream malts.  A night that… Read more It Happened One Night

One is the Loneliest Number

Posted on April 23, 2018April 17, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

 Sherry Becker: My prompt is a character… a single birth child born into a world of Twins. M2475121A was finishing… Read more One is the Loneliest Number

Alphabet Poem

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Write a 26-line poem using all the letters of the alphabet. Have the first line start with the letter “A,”… Read more Alphabet Poem

American Grafitti

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

You’re downtown, and see graffiti in an unlikely place—graffiti like you’ve never seen before, concerning someone you know. Life got… Read more American Grafitti

Sent to the Wrong Printer

Posted on April 12, 2018April 4, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Writing Prompt: You’re at work and you print something personal (and sensitive). Unfortunately, you’ve sent it to the wrong printer and,… Read more Sent to the Wrong Printer

Mystery Cookie

Posted on April 10, 2018April 4, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Writing Prompt: One Day you come into work and find a cookie mysteriously placed on your desk. Grateful to whoever… Read more Mystery Cookie

The One That Got Away

Posted on April 6, 2018April 4, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Writing Prompt:  You bump into an ex-lover on Valentine’s Day—the one whom you often call “The One That Got Away.”… Read more The One That Got Away

Breaking Up With Writer’s Block

Posted on April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Preface–I began Prompt Me! to try to instill inspiration and discipline into my writing day.  To help me get “inspired”… Read more Breaking Up With Writer’s Block

What about “Liberated Life”?

Posted on November 16, 2017April 4, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

I have been getting mixed signals about the connotation of the term “liberated” in my working title. How do you… Read more What about “Liberated Life”?

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